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as we -- assad back off. as we saw in late august, early september, obama's proposed strike did set in motion a process many which assad scrambled very quickly. he was all too eager all of a sudden when the russians proposed their deal to hand over the chemical weapons that he adjust claimed he didn't have. i don't have them, but herer the. >> so let me go into the audience, because i know there's a lot of questions, and i want to make sure we get -- right there, man with the white envelope up, please. >> with great emotion, i can listen. you're raising the hope that something will happen and how great the syrian cause it is, but nothing will happen. excuse me to say, it's not an irony to see assad taking the chemical withins. assad now is a partner, and he is in power until june until he ends that chemical weapon. so really that was a trap we fell in because we don't want to do anything. assad -- >> relate me just ask -- let me just ask you to get to the question. of. >> yes. the question is assad is the hur
as we -- assad back off. as we saw in late august, early september, obama's proposed strike did set in motion a process many which assad scrambled very quickly. he was all too eager all of a sudden when the russians proposed their deal to hand over the chemical weapons that he adjust claimed he didn't have. i don't have them, but herer the. >> so let me go into the audience, because i know there's a lot of questions, and i want to make sure we get -- right there, man with the white...
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accommodate assad. it is to fight isis in an even more determined manner and with more military means. i mean, if you want to see the equalibrium of french politics and policy on that, as hollande said the enemy is isis but the solution shouldn't have assad as an outcome. that is not exactly what you described. >> and -- final word, is yours on the refugee issue. if you can put this in the context of what now seems to be perhaps the most significant flow of muslims to europe in modern history. >> this is a major controversy in france of course because the electoral campaign of the extreme right is to say that the refugee flow into france is, is manifold. on one hand as you just said this is going to change the demographic balance of europe. there is this feeling in some circles here, what they call the great replacement. that is to say that european population, this was also something that you had in, you could read in some books by bernard lewis and others in the past, that europe was only to become so
accommodate assad. it is to fight isis in an even more determined manner and with more military means. i mean, if you want to see the equalibrium of french politics and policy on that, as hollande said the enemy is isis but the solution shouldn't have assad as an outcome. that is not exactly what you described. >> and -- final word, is yours on the refugee issue. if you can put this in the context of what now seems to be perhaps the most significant flow of muslims to europe in modern...
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daesh-- bashar al-assad. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> assad would be allowed in the negotiations. that negotiations would lead to transition. that transitional government would be quite on thomas in the presence. there would be elections. i have heard from officials in moscow the lead inevitably lead to a solids the parts are. a senior associate to vladimir putin told me that assad is a butcher them yourself and a interested in keeping human power. the russians will also say that they did not control assad and they did not want to create an impression that they were giving up one of their own clan, so they went to the tube geneva and let process work. took then hillary clinton decided to interpret attempts of the geneva conference. she agreed with the goal states and i don't want to put all of the blame on hillary clinton because clearly she was under very serious pressure from some of our best allies, but she demanded that as a precondition for the conference there would be on agreement that assad
daesh-- bashar al-assad. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> assad would be allowed in the negotiations. that negotiations would lead to transition. that transitional government would be quite on thomas in the presence. there would be elections. i have heard from officials in moscow the lead inevitably lead to a solids the parts are. a senior associate to vladimir putin told me that assad is a butcher them yourself and a interested in keeping human power. the russians will also say...
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the assad regime can't whole territory. while it's a positive development it may spur mass defection, it will also be ungoverned space which al qaeda likes. as result some wmd, some of the chemical weapons, 40 or so that the mdc sites in syria that contain gas, vx and mustard gas may start to go somewhere else. we don't know. these are weaponize, a very large advanced and nasty program. they also have production of facilities and hamas. the third trend that we're seeing, ethnic cleansing. there are two purposes why the assad regime is doing this. one is they are clearing sunni villages and allied areas. unlike washington, the assad regime does have a plan become and that land is to create -- they are going back and clearing out areas in places like elsewhere to make sure that there are no hospitals in the air. the second reason they're doing it is that massacres on the scale they're doing days, hastens civil war, and they want a civil war because if it's an insurgency, they can pick sides. but a civil war, hey, we don't wan
the assad regime can't whole territory. while it's a positive development it may spur mass defection, it will also be ungoverned space which al qaeda likes. as result some wmd, some of the chemical weapons, 40 or so that the mdc sites in syria that contain gas, vx and mustard gas may start to go somewhere else. we don't know. these are weaponize, a very large advanced and nasty program. they also have production of facilities and hamas. the third trend that we're seeing, ethnic cleansing. there...
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i asked if they want to invest in assad, and neither country likes assad. his not a his father, not a visionary, whether you like his vision or not. this is a guy with an opt moll is -- ophthalmologist, not a big thinker and is just trying to survive. so, this is a factor i think that is tremendously important and we don't invest enough time it because the opposition has been effect, divided, ego tis stick cal egotistical and if the a dictator can hold 30% of a population, he has enough to stab -- staff his police and civil sars and military that's all day need to survive. this kurds are the only people who have provide evidence, whether the military force or leadership, and the kurds are separate entity, always have been to the arabs in syria and they're not an alternative. >> one more for you. how does syria play in iranian internal politics? during recent protests -- i could never really understand whether or not this notion that you, the regime, are squandering our resources and our assets on foreign military ventures. does that resonate and does it mat
i asked if they want to invest in assad, and neither country likes assad. his not a his father, not a visionary, whether you like his vision or not. this is a guy with an opt moll is -- ophthalmologist, not a big thinker and is just trying to survive. so, this is a factor i think that is tremendously important and we don't invest enough time it because the opposition has been effect, divided, ego tis stick cal egotistical and if the a dictator can hold 30% of a population, he has enough to stab...
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policy on assad must go. we heard this from president obama and probably the only issues that had bipartisan support during the obama administration that everyone in the u.s. agreed that assad must go but the debate was about how much u.s. support for him to go. we really never challenged the basic premise, russians came in 2011, told the u.s. that assad must go strategy was dangerous and would lead to destabilization. we need to challenge the premise and maybe the russians got it right and we should have listened to them? >> i think given the role of bashar al-assad and making isil possible in syria, and his ongoing role in keeping that organization healthy and well inside syria tends to -- tends to reemphasize the fact that if we had had a strategy, had we implemented the strategy we would be in a much better place than we are now. .. the assad was were quite frankly what they did in egypt that dc is sort of similar. but what was indicated is that the continuation of the assad regime is not for stability it
policy on assad must go. we heard this from president obama and probably the only issues that had bipartisan support during the obama administration that everyone in the u.s. agreed that assad must go but the debate was about how much u.s. support for him to go. we really never challenged the basic premise, russians came in 2011, told the u.s. that assad must go strategy was dangerous and would lead to destabilization. we need to challenge the premise and maybe the russians got it right and we...
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or how to prop up assad. more sophisticated than not is an examination of the quandaries that america faces and the possible dilemma that would result from an over attempt to oust a serious assad from power. as a commentator, and i'd invited the vice chairman at the center for national interest and former undersecretary of defense in the george w. bush administration to comment on bob's exposition of his essay for us. >> thank you very much coming jacob. it's a great pleasure to be here. bentley described the article. the article has a narrow principle which is that maybe things we can do. no-fly zones, no bombing zones and military experts can comment on that. one thing that we should not do is regime change or toppling the regime. you may say that is obvious. nobody is really discussing not. the new cycle will shift. in 10 days we may be in a new cycle or inuit ministration will say it all options are open so to speak. a listed mapping that i wrote a piece. i also wrote the piece to point out some relevant
or how to prop up assad. more sophisticated than not is an examination of the quandaries that america faces and the possible dilemma that would result from an over attempt to oust a serious assad from power. as a commentator, and i'd invited the vice chairman at the center for national interest and former undersecretary of defense in the george w. bush administration to comment on bob's exposition of his essay for us. >> thank you very much coming jacob. it's a great pleasure to be here....
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assad has delivered. iran feels there are no constituencies to this particular relationship in syria beyond the ruling family and its enablers. it sees bashar personally as embodying whatever residual legitimacy is left to this regime. fourth, for russia, assad's continued incumbency proclaims moscow's return to great power status. putin claims that washington has been on a democratization and regime change jihad since 2003 and iraq. he wants to stop a cold in syria. he wants ideally to confront president obama with a binary choice between the barrel bomber on the one hand and al-baghdadi on the other. he wants president obama to beat his 2011 words on assad stepping aside. russia i believe it sees that the unit diplomatic process as a time buying instrument. russian military operations in syria are fully consistent with the goal of forcing binary choice on washington, but it will take time to create the requisite military facts on the ground, and extend a process can provide time, although i have strong
assad has delivered. iran feels there are no constituencies to this particular relationship in syria beyond the ruling family and its enablers. it sees bashar personally as embodying whatever residual legitimacy is left to this regime. fourth, for russia, assad's continued incumbency proclaims moscow's return to great power status. putin claims that washington has been on a democratization and regime change jihad since 2003 and iraq. he wants to stop a cold in syria. he wants ideally to...
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assad has done that himself. he came in from out of the cold and found a seat at the diplomatic table. so, what might happen, unfortunately, is assad and the government may control certain areas of the country, rebel groups, backed by different outside factions, outside countries, controlling other parts of the country, and what i said earlier about the lebanonizeation of syria. there are plans, organizations that are trying to plan for a post-assad syria should it happen? yeah, there are. i know several of them. one of which in washington is almost been totally discredited because they really haven't
assad has done that himself. he came in from out of the cold and found a seat at the diplomatic table. so, what might happen, unfortunately, is assad and the government may control certain areas of the country, rebel groups, backed by different outside factions, outside countries, controlling other parts of the country, and what i said earlier about the lebanonizeation of syria. there are plans, organizations that are trying to plan for a post-assad syria should it happen? yeah, there are. i...
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assad. and i would ask my friend from south carolina isn't it obvious what's going to happen next, and that is an increase in fighting in eastern ukraine, more ukrainian slaughtered while we refuse to give them defensive weapons, but just sufficient amount of violence and killing to prevent the united states of america or the europeans to take any significant action. indeed won't there now be pressure on the part of the special interests and the industrialists, particularly in germany, pressures to lift the sanctions on vladimir putin. mr. graham: i think you're right, senator mccain. let's look at what our military leaders say rather than just looking at what political people think. general du nford today, the chairman of the joint chief of staffs in a hearing that you chaired today, asked what is putin up to, what do you think he is trying to do here? he said well, all i can tell you is that the reason he came into syria was to destroy isil and help fight isil. he's proven that he did not
assad. and i would ask my friend from south carolina isn't it obvious what's going to happen next, and that is an increase in fighting in eastern ukraine, more ukrainian slaughtered while we refuse to give them defensive weapons, but just sufficient amount of violence and killing to prevent the united states of america or the europeans to take any significant action. indeed won't there now be pressure on the part of the special interests and the industrialists, particularly in germany,...
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assad. secretary carter: iran has office -- has also supported assad. the endgame has to be a transition in which assad is no longer running the country. we would like to see that occur, and as peaceful and promptly as possible. we would like there to be the -- of -- >> is it obviously that russia and iran will have more influence on who the next leader will be then we will? secretary carter: i don't think they could reach their of that -- sure of that. the future of syria will be in the hands of the syrian people. many of those are syria moderate opposition leaders who are being forces withassad's russia's health. help.have -- russia's >> have we been able to identify the peaceloving? secretary carter: there is a section. there is all the way through moderate to isil. >> it is so hard to go home and explain our involvement unless we have a no-fly. and protect those who want to be there to rebuild. we will not have much to work with. >> the chairman said something important in his opening co
assad. secretary carter: iran has office -- has also supported assad. the endgame has to be a transition in which assad is no longer running the country. we would like to see that occur, and as peaceful and promptly as possible. we would like there to be the -- of -- >> is it obviously that russia and iran will have more influence on who the next leader will be then we will? secretary carter: i don't think they could reach their of that -- sure of that. the future of syria will be in the...
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host: they are against bashar al-assad. guest: which makes this a complicated operation because turkey is building a counter assad force, but using that to fight the american local partner in the east. iskey's reason for fighting its leadership is kurdish. there is a kurdish militia that conducts most of the capable military fighting. that is known as the ypg and is affiliate-- a syrian of a wider kurdish movement inside turkey, the pkk. president erdogan has warned the u.s. that the partnership with the ypg was unacceptable to him, however he has been negotiating for a de-escalation in the northeast. that changed during the call between president erdogan where president erdogan announced he would begin an operation in the east. host: i want to show what the president just had to say about this yesterday. he brought up the issue of turkey. >> very strong talks with a lot of people. we want to bring our soldiers back home after so many years, and the greatest war in the world they are policing. they are not a police force. w
host: they are against bashar al-assad. guest: which makes this a complicated operation because turkey is building a counter assad force, but using that to fight the american local partner in the east. iskey's reason for fighting its leadership is kurdish. there is a kurdish militia that conducts most of the capable military fighting. that is known as the ypg and is affiliate-- a syrian of a wider kurdish movement inside turkey, the pkk. president erdogan has warned the u.s. that the...
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people had high hopes just like bashar al-assad. where did that person go and that is one of the saddest things about them because they really did -- they really did develop a level of popularity in the country that wasn't insignificant. syria's difficult to engage popularity because sometimes people will, out in support of bashar al-assad in the government because they don't want to be seen as nonsupportive of non-supportive of the government because security is all around so it's difficult to see how genuine the popularity is but having been in the country quite a bit and gone around all over the country and talk to all sorts of classes of people, i really did think there was genuine popularity and for me he didn't leverage that popularity to implement true change that was really needed particularly at the beginning of the uprising. >> what did he talk to you about? >> you talked about -- he talked about his upbringing and we talked about many different aspects of his life, his upbringing which was fairly normal considering he was
people had high hopes just like bashar al-assad. where did that person go and that is one of the saddest things about them because they really did -- they really did develop a level of popularity in the country that wasn't insignificant. syria's difficult to engage popularity because sometimes people will, out in support of bashar al-assad in the government because they don't want to be seen as nonsupportive of non-supportive of the government because security is all around so it's difficult to...
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assad used chemical weapons. nothing of consequence happened. assad is still in power. he will be in power when obama leaves. in the meantime, russia has introduced itself in the middle east unlike any time since the early 1970's. now the iranians are on the ground fully behind assad, the balance of power has shifted. assad is in a good place. the syrian people are in a lousy, terrible, horrible place. john kerry and barack obama's foreign policy is in free fall. i will make a prediction, and i hope i'm wrong. if they don't change their policies towards syria, the region is going to have an imbalance that we have never seen in our lifetime and an attack against this homeland is coming, and it's coming from syria. it is being planned as i speak. we didn't know exactly what they were trying to do before 9/11, but we were worried that we were going to get attacked by al qaeda. i can tell you exactly where the attack is coming from. it is coming from rocca, syria. it is being planned while i speak. and every day the caliphate is allowed to exist is another day of danger and
assad used chemical weapons. nothing of consequence happened. assad is still in power. he will be in power when obama leaves. in the meantime, russia has introduced itself in the middle east unlike any time since the early 1970's. now the iranians are on the ground fully behind assad, the balance of power has shifted. assad is in a good place. the syrian people are in a lousy, terrible, horrible place. john kerry and barack obama's foreign policy is in free fall. i will make a prediction, and i...
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were coming against assad. so with isis, they can pick up the flag and pretend this is ideology. it predates what is going on . >> very interesting. if there is anything you wanted to add. we have seen isis military capabilities, if you want to talk about that. >> yes. i want to go back to the military question. but one of the things, when we started air strikes in syria, we were only doing them at night time, so isis developed a battle rhythm. okay. of the air strikes are over. we were not doing anything during the daytime. why? we did not want to lose u.s. pilots. we were afraid of the defense capability. we allowed isis to move captured u.s. and syrian equipment in support of the fight. so the air strikes started happening during the daytime. the problem is, all that equipment was already moved. now one of the good thing about the targeting it is they are generated by kurds, and you have seen the smart removed from iraq into syria to help. rival kurdish groups fighting a common enemy. and that is one of the
were coming against assad. so with isis, they can pick up the flag and pretend this is ideology. it predates what is going on . >> very interesting. if there is anything you wanted to add. we have seen isis military capabilities, if you want to talk about that. >> yes. i want to go back to the military question. but one of the things, when we started air strikes in syria, we were only doing them at night time, so isis developed a battle rhythm. okay. of the air strikes are over. we...
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they're a militia supported by the iranians, came to assad's aid. then russia came in for assad. so now the russian president has been bombing forces trained by the american president, and we're not doing a damned thing about it. all the training we provided to the free syrian army has been basically neutered by the fact that russia and iran are now firmly in assad's camp. when we were trying to train syrians to go take out isil, we also wanted them to take the fight to assad. obama's refusal to really do anything about assad has created a vacuum. very few syrians are going to go fight isil and not turn their attention to the butcher of damascus, the person who killed 250,000, 400,000 of their family. this whole syrian strategy is flawed. the cease-fire is an opportunity for assad and russia to retrench. here's what's going to happen: we're going to have a cease-fire hopefully some of the humanitarian aid will get to aleppo. but as senator mccain said, when it's all said and done, they're going to gobble up more territory. and this idea of the united states partnering with russia
they're a militia supported by the iranians, came to assad's aid. then russia came in for assad. so now the russian president has been bombing forces trained by the american president, and we're not doing a damned thing about it. all the training we provided to the free syrian army has been basically neutered by the fact that russia and iran are now firmly in assad's camp. when we were trying to train syrians to go take out isil, we also wanted them to take the fight to assad. obama's refusal...
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it does not belong to the ss assad family. it i would like to express my thanks to everybody for taking the time. i would remind everybody it is a living document. i think we're accepting feedback. if people could review, give us constructive feedback. actionable feedback so we can continue to look at the document, we are also on twitter so if you are twitter users please follow us tda syria. look out for the hashtag. >> thank you. it this debate is going to continue among the audience and the people inside syria. we are planning to have -- online forum to start the debate among syrian people to keep getting the feedback we have facebook, we is already engage in the debate. [inaudible] we have people working for us. it's working inside the country to make sure that the -- [inaudible] we have the ground for implementation of the implementation inside the country. all your feedback, you can communicate with us by e-mailing us at [inaudible] thank you. >> thank you very much. i wonder as -- as we began our session this morning by
it does not belong to the ss assad family. it i would like to express my thanks to everybody for taking the time. i would remind everybody it is a living document. i think we're accepting feedback. if people could review, give us constructive feedback. actionable feedback so we can continue to look at the document, we are also on twitter so if you are twitter users please follow us tda syria. look out for the hashtag. >> thank you. it this debate is going to continue among the audience...
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it's kept assad at bay. and i think contrary to what others have said, that we bombed assad lester, i so would be in damascus. i think we are lucky we didn't bombed assad last year and that we should be very careful about arming in the islamic rebels in syria because the weapons may not stay where they are intended and they may have the unintended consequence of action enabling isil. your comments. >> we are not planning to nor do we want, nor have we armed islamic folks in syria. the united states doesn't do that and we of the posted. robert bork will tell you that. and robert ford worked very hard to make sure that we weren't doing that. i also think it's good that you're going to hear from robert ford because he would give you about as good an analysis of the non-isis opposition is, and he will break it down point for point. because he did that for me on many occasions and articulate who they were and so forth, but he was also a passionate supporter of making certain that the moderate opposition got suppo
it's kept assad at bay. and i think contrary to what others have said, that we bombed assad lester, i so would be in damascus. i think we are lucky we didn't bombed assad last year and that we should be very careful about arming in the islamic rebels in syria because the weapons may not stay where they are intended and they may have the unintended consequence of action enabling isil. your comments. >> we are not planning to nor do we want, nor have we armed islamic folks in syria. the...
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assad did this because he thought he could get away with it. he thought he could get away with it because he knew russia would have his back. that changed last night. as i warned on wednesday, when the international community consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times when states are compelled to take their own action. the indiscriminate use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians is one of those times. the united states will not stand by when chemical weapons are used. it is in our vital national security interests to prevent the spread of chemical weapons. our military destroyed the airfield from which this week's chemical strike took place. we were fully justified in doing so. the moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go answer. it's this crimes against you humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say enough but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al assad must never use chemical weapons again, ever. and while the syrianregime is responsible for the chemical weapons at
assad did this because he thought he could get away with it. he thought he could get away with it because he knew russia would have his back. that changed last night. as i warned on wednesday, when the international community consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times when states are compelled to take their own action. the indiscriminate use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians is one of those times. the united states will not stand by when chemical weapons...
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i don't think assad is our enemy. that if russia is indeed there's something to help assad, and what might happen to syria, even if assad is overthrown with non-iso- forces, we, i don't think it was the radicals that necessarily overthrew gadhafi, when the moderates over through coffee with our help we ended up with half of libya now being controlled by radical islam -- gadhafi. at a threat to the stability of the whole region. maybe assad is like that. maybe no matter who overthrows him, as mr. putin was mentioning in his remarks at the u.n., that maybe this will create an unintended consequence of total catastrophe, not just assad being overthrown a sum of who is a radical but the fact that you a power vacuum and chaos that would be exploited by these radical forces that are clearly present in that region. i personally think we ought to start analyzing russia, make sure we understand what motives are going on, and i don't think it's a motive that we had the same motive that when khrushchev but the missiles into cuba
i don't think assad is our enemy. that if russia is indeed there's something to help assad, and what might happen to syria, even if assad is overthrown with non-iso- forces, we, i don't think it was the radicals that necessarily overthrew gadhafi, when the moderates over through coffee with our help we ended up with half of libya now being controlled by radical islam -- gadhafi. at a threat to the stability of the whole region. maybe assad is like that. maybe no matter who overthrows him, as...
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and why would we tell assad what we won't do? in eliminating both the ambiguity of our position and the potential threat of even more serious and overwhelming military force. number three, i would be willing to support and authorization if it was an integral part of a larger coherent syria policy that clearly defined the political end end state. a clear member general petraeus the head of central command covering iraq and afghanistan talking about our policy in those countries. he said the most important question perhaps when you go to war is how does this and? we need a clearly defined political and state that we are trying to achieve by what the president requested and we need an outline of the realistic path to get there. and fourth, i believe that it's important we have a sizable international coalition of nations each of which his country bidding to the war effort. now this is an amazing reversal for the president since the time he was a senator and a presidential candidate. to say we are not going to the united nations and
and why would we tell assad what we won't do? in eliminating both the ambiguity of our position and the potential threat of even more serious and overwhelming military force. number three, i would be willing to support and authorization if it was an integral part of a larger coherent syria policy that clearly defined the political end end state. a clear member general petraeus the head of central command covering iraq and afghanistan talking about our policy in those countries. he said the most...
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that a syria in which assad remains as leader, this regime is not a assad which we would predict to be meaningfully secure or stable or not a source of generation of violent extremism under whatever name in the future. it's why we have strongly supported a political process led by the un, unfortunately that political process has been blocked and the parties responsible for blocking it are quite clear . the syrian regime and the russians who through their absence of pressure on the regime in damascus contributes to enable this freezing of a geneva process which virtually the entire international community supports. >> and through their veto in the united nations. >> exactly sir. >> is the state department satisfied with the current communication channels in place with russia to the conflict issues in syria? since russia became militarily engaged they relied extensively on the supply by air. these flights both military and charter flights,plus airspace , many of our partners in georgia and iraq, what discussions have the us had with our partners about closing their respective airspace to
that a syria in which assad remains as leader, this regime is not a assad which we would predict to be meaningfully secure or stable or not a source of generation of violent extremism under whatever name in the future. it's why we have strongly supported a political process led by the un, unfortunately that political process has been blocked and the parties responsible for blocking it are quite clear . the syrian regime and the russians who through their absence of pressure on the regime in...
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nobody would have believed that assad would have given up his chemical weapons. but he did and the reason he did is that his patrons came to understand that he had to. and i believe as we begin to get to geneva and get into this process that it will become clear that there is no political solution whatsoever if a stock is not discussing the transition and if he thinks he is going to be part of that future. it's not going to happen. the people who are the opponents of this regime will never ever stop. there will be a low-grade insurgency, at worst potentially even the civil war if it continues because they will not stop. now we also were not out of options with respect to what we may be able to do to increase the pressure and further change the calculation. i think we have made that clear to the russian foreign minister and others, nor are other players short of an ability to be able to have an impact here. so i think you know they can bluster, they can protest, they can put out distortions. the bottom line is we are going to geneva to implement geneva i. if assad
nobody would have believed that assad would have given up his chemical weapons. but he did and the reason he did is that his patrons came to understand that he had to. and i believe as we begin to get to geneva and get into this process that it will become clear that there is no political solution whatsoever if a stock is not discussing the transition and if he thinks he is going to be part of that future. it's not going to happen. the people who are the opponents of this regime will never ever...
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assad killed 100,000 of his people women and children. i've met with assad. i'm not -- [inaudible] and yet people in iran are pulling his strings. it's all maintaining that kind of power. so i think we have to trust but verify. i think we need time limitations. this is a stalling tactic, we have to continue on with the threat of force. we have to verify with the people in the country and how it's going happen. it's going to be a tough situation. country is still at war. are people going check to see where the weapons are? are they going to be safe? these are things we have to do. that was part an event held earlier today by intej and national security alliance in washington. you can see that entire event tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. or any time at c-span.org. >> yes, the world is changing. no, we can't control every event. but america remain the one indispensable nation in world affair and as long as i'm president, i sphwoand keep it that way. [cheering and applause] >> the president in the earlier clip is talking about the indispensable nation. what he
assad killed 100,000 of his people women and children. i've met with assad. i'm not -- [inaudible] and yet people in iran are pulling his strings. it's all maintaining that kind of power. so i think we have to trust but verify. i think we need time limitations. this is a stalling tactic, we have to continue on with the threat of force. we have to verify with the people in the country and how it's going happen. it's going to be a tough situation. country is still at war. are people going check...
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is it possible they could try to move against assad to preserve their interest and moving against assad will make the house of cards fall down, what is the sentiment from your perspective? >> this sentiment has changed. the syrians civil war, when they they would close ranks around assad or fracture and as is obvious over the past three years they have not fractured. and the threat of these militant sunni groups, so long as there's a major backer of the assad family into iran and allies etc.. i don't see them fracturing. what happens in a world in which syria calm down, in which the fighting comes to an end and suddenly the many families from the mountains sending their sons to die for assad have to cash in their ships. they are owed a great deal and assad has to catch up. there will be an interesting question and the seeming uniformity and coherence of this regime in which they close ranks will potentially look a lot more fragile. i think it is clear that there have not been for actors. >> schrieffer, retired international health care worker. comment on this possible analysis. this era
is it possible they could try to move against assad to preserve their interest and moving against assad will make the house of cards fall down, what is the sentiment from your perspective? >> this sentiment has changed. the syrians civil war, when they they would close ranks around assad or fracture and as is obvious over the past three years they have not fractured. and the threat of these militant sunni groups, so long as there's a major backer of the assad family into iran and allies...
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to assad? to kim jong-un in north korea, who has amassed massive chemical weapons, in an area where we have 20,000 troops keeping the peace? i will tell you the message, madam president, that we send, if we do nothing -- it is not a good one. it will send a message that says, we don't mean what we say, we don't stand behind the laws we pass or the conventions we ratify. now, if you read history, you know that these weapons were used on the iranians by saddam hussein. and one of the iraqis who saw this firsthand said, these chemical weapons killed people like cockroaches. they're an annihilation insecticide. that's what they've been called. these weapons cause excruciating death. that's why a monster like hitler chose them to wipe out millions of those he considered subhuman. we all know the history. he didn't use them on troops. he used them on those groups that he considered subhuman. yet, while the rest of the world was eliminated chemical weapons, syria was stockpiling precursor chemicals an
to assad? to kim jong-un in north korea, who has amassed massive chemical weapons, in an area where we have 20,000 troops keeping the peace? i will tell you the message, madam president, that we send, if we do nothing -- it is not a good one. it will send a message that says, we don't mean what we say, we don't stand behind the laws we pass or the conventions we ratify. now, if you read history, you know that these weapons were used on the iranians by saddam hussein. and one of the iraqis who...
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look at the situation from assad's eyes. what is assad better today than a year ago? the treatment of the -- and is to ensure that the answer is no and that in 2021, the answer will be further no because that's the only way we can do one or two things. the thing we prefer is to have them change their policies and accept the u.n.-led 2254 compromise process. but failing that, what we want to ensure is that they do not benefit from their war crimes. they do not benefit from their aggression. they do not benefit from this litany of things, since 2011, they'll be mired in this thing and thinking that this is not going to end well. we have one or two alternatives. they're discouraged and not able to exploit all that they've achieved. that's the worst case scenario. but it's better than them doing a victory lap. and sooner or later they'll realize they cannot continue and actually sit down with us. >> ambassador. thank you. i just want to follow up on exactly that point, actually. which is a question i was going to ask you in a bit, but i wonder if you could expand a little
look at the situation from assad's eyes. what is assad better today than a year ago? the treatment of the -- and is to ensure that the answer is no and that in 2021, the answer will be further no because that's the only way we can do one or two things. the thing we prefer is to have them change their policies and accept the u.n.-led 2254 compromise process. but failing that, what we want to ensure is that they do not benefit from their war crimes. they do not benefit from their aggression. they...
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whether assad falls or assad contracts. one of the things they've done is build up the so-called paramilitaries, these isle of wight militias that used to be like games and now have become almost like storm troopers for the regime. with the help of hezbollah to turn into to much worse.bushed militia with the help of the cuts force as well. so they .., but then they looked to other possibilities. i syria began to fragment into various regions controlled by different militias, they have looked to alliances of convenience with groups such as the pkk, the courtesy and working party. they've used the pkk in order to pressure turkey against interference in syria. but this relationship opens the door for future collaboration whereby the ukrainians could create various islands of influence with a number of militias. so you have in the coastal region with a 70 predominate essentially a 70% for iranian and russian support. since i've started thinking about these things, there have been developments there, too because the rebels have
whether assad falls or assad contracts. one of the things they've done is build up the so-called paramilitaries, these isle of wight militias that used to be like games and now have become almost like storm troopers for the regime. with the help of hezbollah to turn into to much worse.bushed militia with the help of the cuts force as well. so they .., but then they looked to other possibilities. i syria began to fragment into various regions controlled by different militias, they have looked to...
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bashar al-assad. the people who let the wayward children or young people, making the case against his regime. one of the haraway and very disturbing elements of this crisis is the impact that it has had on children. i received a report today they came from children personnel around the ground in syria. and i would note for the record a document entitled that the children crisis in syria, and asked that to be included in the record as well. >> without objection. >> that document, in great detail is the human suffering of children. and maybe the most graphic and disturbing example was the footage that many americans have had the opportunity to view. the hundreds of children that were killed instantly in this horrific chemical weapons attack , by one estimate, maybe as many as 426 children killed. so when we confront this, we cannot say that this is just another horrific situation around the world. when you consider what this regime did schoolchildren, by many accounts arresting and torturing them at the
bashar al-assad. the people who let the wayward children or young people, making the case against his regime. one of the haraway and very disturbing elements of this crisis is the impact that it has had on children. i received a report today they came from children personnel around the ground in syria. and i would note for the record a document entitled that the children crisis in syria, and asked that to be included in the record as well. >> without objection. >> that document, in...
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assad needs to know that he will not win. but right now unfortunately assad seems to think he can win and for good reason, i am afraid. i look forward to hearing a witnesses about how we can change the balance of power against assad so as to finally end this bloodshed. thank you, mr. chairman. >> let me call on you, general mattis. >> thank you. members of the committee. an opportunity to discuss u.s. central command region. submitted recent statement to be accepted into the record. it is my privilege to appear today alongside admired leader and good friend admiral bill mcraven. the work more closely together than u.s. special operations command and central command. let me begin with what i see today in the region. manifesting differently in each country. we may hope for and certainly for early support all efforts for more democratic governments in the region, the origins are not necessarily a rush for democracy. rather than the awakening stems from breakdown of the social contract between government and their people. unjust
assad needs to know that he will not win. but right now unfortunately assad seems to think he can win and for good reason, i am afraid. i look forward to hearing a witnesses about how we can change the balance of power against assad so as to finally end this bloodshed. thank you, mr. chairman. >> let me call on you, general mattis. >> thank you. members of the committee. an opportunity to discuss u.s. central command region. submitted recent statement to be accepted into the record....
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nor will it remove assad from power. there appears to be no broader strategy, to train, advise and assist a vetted opposition group on a meaningful scale as we did during the cold war. what's needed in syria is what's needed almost everywhere else in the world from america right now, a clear strategy and a president determined to carry it out. when it comes to syria, our partners in the middle east, countries like turkey, jordan, saudi arabia and israel, all of them face real consequences from instability, refugee flows and the growth of terrorist networks. responding to this crisis requires a regional strategy and leadership. what we have gotten instead is an administration that seems more interested in telling us what the mission is not, more interested in telling us what the mission is not than what it is. we've gotten the same timid, reluctant leadership that i have seen from the president for nearly five years. as i have said, this decision was not easy. when the president of the united states asks you to take a que
nor will it remove assad from power. there appears to be no broader strategy, to train, advise and assist a vetted opposition group on a meaningful scale as we did during the cold war. what's needed in syria is what's needed almost everywhere else in the world from america right now, a clear strategy and a president determined to carry it out. when it comes to syria, our partners in the middle east, countries like turkey, jordan, saudi arabia and israel, all of them face real consequences from...
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assad in power. they are afraid of losing the conduit into the middle east, conduit of arms to hezbollah and neighboring lebanon. saudi arabia, qatar, sunni country, one turkish, two arab, as well as the united states and others, of course, have been supporting the opposition to varying degrees. saudi arabia, in many ways, takes the lead because they are afraid of what they view as the shiite presence developing in the middle east from iran through syria, which is 75% sunn iring's, but there's an offshoot of islam, and the most powerful group is hezbollah, shiite organizations, and so, you know, they want to break that up. the u.s. wants to break that up. israel wants to break up that. the fall of assad is desirable in that sense, although they don't want syria to emasculated plod all together and break up causing a free-for-all of the powers causing regional and international conflicts. that's the danger in this. inside syria it is very, very sectarian. the longer this goes on, the more sectarian it
assad in power. they are afraid of losing the conduit into the middle east, conduit of arms to hezbollah and neighboring lebanon. saudi arabia, qatar, sunni country, one turkish, two arab, as well as the united states and others, of course, have been supporting the opposition to varying degrees. saudi arabia, in many ways, takes the lead because they are afraid of what they view as the shiite presence developing in the middle east from iran through syria, which is 75% sunn iring's, but there's...
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russia holds tremendous insolence over president assad. a key point that turned in the bilateral meeting was telling russia to use his power to reign in the regime. complete but, the killing and devastation has gone on for far too long in syria. minister was clear as well that he shares the same goals as the united states does in syria, a unified and stable nation. those men agreed that the way to bring stability to syria must come through diplomatic and political means. we call upon russia to use its implants with the assad racine to adhere to a lasting negotiating cease-fire. that cease-fire we believe will reduce violence and also insure unhindered humanitarian access and stop the indiscriminate killings of civilians. these actions will help create the conditions on the ground for political resolution of that conflict. with that, i'll turn it over to acting assistant, stuart jones. the questions at the end. thank you. >> good morning. thank you for being here this morning. since the seriousness of a comic began in 2011 the assad regime
russia holds tremendous insolence over president assad. a key point that turned in the bilateral meeting was telling russia to use his power to reign in the regime. complete but, the killing and devastation has gone on for far too long in syria. minister was clear as well that he shares the same goals as the united states does in syria, a unified and stable nation. those men agreed that the way to bring stability to syria must come through diplomatic and political means. we call upon russia to...
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assad's forces are on the march. providing military assistance to the free syrian army and other opposition groups is necessary, but at this late hour, that alone will not be sufficient to stop the slaughter and save innocent lives. the only realistic way to do so is with foreign air power. therefore, at the request of the syrian national council, the free syrian army and local coordinating committees inside the country, the united states should lead an international effort to protect key population centers in syria, especially in the north through air strikes on assad's forces. to be clear, this will require the united states to suppress enemy air defenses in at least part of the country. the ultimate goal of air strikes should be to establish and defend safe havens in syria, especially in the north, in which opposition forces can organize and plan their political and military activities against assad. these safe havens could serve as platforms for the delivery of humanitarian and military assistance, including weap
assad's forces are on the march. providing military assistance to the free syrian army and other opposition groups is necessary, but at this late hour, that alone will not be sufficient to stop the slaughter and save innocent lives. the only realistic way to do so is with foreign air power. therefore, at the request of the syrian national council, the free syrian army and local coordinating committees inside the country, the united states should lead an international effort to protect key...
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we've had dozens of sanctions against the assad regime. we sat international condemnation, certainly not at the u.n. security council because of russia but the public condemnation. lots of speeches, we had limited no trade stocks by in our key allies, none of this has worked. none of it has been effective. i would posit to you, and i we going to bring assad and his henchmen to justice? is this an indication that sanctions are a useless tool in actually deterring and punishing wmd violations and even limited military strikes of the very limited nature that were leveled by president trump seem to have had no effect. what do you say to that? >> i'm surprised to say that i feel like there is, there are some positive elements to be drawn out of syria with what is happening in syria, both from a nonproliferation point of view and from, more broadly. at first i would say it has, the process to the opcw and united nations has been slow but there have been some success. i mean, there was a declaration of its chemical weapons stockpile. that declare
we've had dozens of sanctions against the assad regime. we sat international condemnation, certainly not at the u.n. security council because of russia but the public condemnation. lots of speeches, we had limited no trade stocks by in our key allies, none of this has worked. none of it has been effective. i would posit to you, and i we going to bring assad and his henchmen to justice? is this an indication that sanctions are a useless tool in actually deterring and punishing wmd violations and...
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she later repeated -- quote -- "it's time for assad to get out of the way." that was from our then-secretary of state. that same month, white house spokesman jay carney echoed clinton's proclamation stating -- quote -- "assad's fall is inevitable. as governments make decisions about where they stand on this issue and what steps need to be taken with regards to brutality of assad's regime, it's important to calculate into your consideration the fact that he will go. he went on to say -- "the regime has lost control of the country and he will eventually fall." in may, 2012, 2012, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey told fox news that -- quote -- "escalating atrocities would likely trigger a military invention following a massacre that left more than 100 dead, 100 dead. that was back when we were talking about serious dead and hundreds rather than tens of thousands. a month later, june 12 -- in june, 2012, then-secretary of defense panetta stated -- quote -- "i think it's important when assad leaves, and he will leave, to try to preserve stabili
she later repeated -- quote -- "it's time for assad to get out of the way." that was from our then-secretary of state. that same month, white house spokesman jay carney echoed clinton's proclamation stating -- quote -- "assad's fall is inevitable. as governments make decisions about where they stand on this issue and what steps need to be taken with regards to brutality of assad's regime, it's important to calculate into your consideration the fact that he will go. he went on to...
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assad did his job well. he constructed an airtight array of family travel, sectarian-based patronage system that produced loyalties and stability. and as for my good friends in damascus wrote last year, he said quote, for the regime its supporters and its allies, syria is an amateur society, a positive with evidence both real and effective and generally blown out of proportion a series of sideshows violent and seditious proclivities that can be contained only by ruthless power structure, unquote ultimately bashar and his followers cannot trust anyone else in syria. is initial strategic vision for international respected and integrated syria became consumed by syrian paradigm of political survival. he was either unwilling or powerless to stop the response to perceived threats. he returned it to me typically authored touring mode of survival your and alawite fortress to protect, the various governments of syria that co-opted over the years to protect them and their chokehold on our but many of us would change
assad did his job well. he constructed an airtight array of family travel, sectarian-based patronage system that produced loyalties and stability. and as for my good friends in damascus wrote last year, he said quote, for the regime its supporters and its allies, syria is an amateur society, a positive with evidence both real and effective and generally blown out of proportion a series of sideshows violent and seditious proclivities that can be contained only by ruthless power structure,...
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and why would we tell assad what we won't do? eliminating both the ambiguity of our position and the potential threat of even more serious and overwhelming military force. number three, i would be willing to support an authorization if it was an integral part of a larger coherent syria policy that clearly defined the political instinct. i still remember general petraeus, the head of central command, covering iraq and afghanistan talking about our policy in those countries. he said, the most important question perhaps when you go to war is, how does this end? we need a clearly defined political end state that we were trying to achieve by what the president requested and we need an outline of a realistic path to get there. and, fourth, i believe that it's important that we have a sizable international coalition of nations, each of which is contributing to the war effort. now, this is an amazing reversal for the president since the time he was a senator and a presidential candidate to say, we're not going to the united nations -- an
and why would we tell assad what we won't do? eliminating both the ambiguity of our position and the potential threat of even more serious and overwhelming military force. number three, i would be willing to support an authorization if it was an integral part of a larger coherent syria policy that clearly defined the political instinct. i still remember general petraeus, the head of central command, covering iraq and afghanistan talking about our policy in those countries. he said, the most...
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these actions, raising the military pressure on assad, will send the critical message to assad that he is going to go one way or the other. the armed services committee, which i chair, recently held an open hearing on the situation in syria and the defense department's efforts to plan for a full range of possible options to respond to the contingencies in syria. our committee is set to receive a classified briefing on sear cora next week, and i intend to raise these issues are our witnesses at that briefing, and i know that senator mccain and senator graham and others are also going to forcefully raise these issues with those witnesses at that briefing and to urge them to carry the message back to the administration that it is time to up the military pressure on assad. i thank the chair. i thank senator mccain and others who are participating in this discussion. and i also would ask unanimous consent, mr. president, i have five unanimous consent requests for committees to meet today during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders, and i
these actions, raising the military pressure on assad, will send the critical message to assad that he is going to go one way or the other. the armed services committee, which i chair, recently held an open hearing on the situation in syria and the defense department's efforts to plan for a full range of possible options to respond to the contingencies in syria. our committee is set to receive a classified briefing on sear cora next week, and i intend to raise these issues are our witnesses at...
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was that directly from assad? it is a coincident that when he was threatened he ordered an immediate attack on hamas. they killed about 20,000 people in one attack as you know, but most of 1882. he then had our problems. the shower has been different. he's engaged in the slower machiavellian but they killed about 20,000 people in 18 months. but is still 20,000 people dead or mubarak didn't kill 20,000 people. so how did bashar make that final step to the dark side, which is i will kill and i will kill until he no longer challenge because he must know is everyone in the alouette community must know, there's no going back. if they lose power, they will be slaughtered. so how did he make that final step to the dark side? >> welcome you hit on one of the main points, which is they see this as an existential contrast. this is something that there is no turning back on each side right now. for me, the answer to that is twofold. one, i think he really still believes from day one that he is saving the country, that he is
was that directly from assad? it is a coincident that when he was threatened he ordered an immediate attack on hamas. they killed about 20,000 people in one attack as you know, but most of 1882. he then had our problems. the shower has been different. he's engaged in the slower machiavellian but they killed about 20,000 people in 18 months. but is still 20,000 people dead or mubarak didn't kill 20,000 people. so how did bashar make that final step to the dark side, which is i will kill and i...
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they are no different from assad. in fact they might be better than assad because some of them are religiously motivated to the point that like communism was a religious conviction. their form of islam sometimes puts them at odds with sunnis or shiites killing each other. the double standard that we have been judging russia with embracing our policy on the double standard has caused us great harm, great harm. putin five years ago tried to work out a compromise with us and we turned them down, that would have created at least some sort of semblance of stability in syria and now it is totally gone to hell and we still can't get ourselves to try to look at putin as a possible partner in cooperation to make things better. i believe it is our hostility towards russia that has prevented us from creating a policy that will create a more stable middle east and gadhafi, we may agree with him about the coffee. and what did we do? we broke that agreement and has that resulted in the alternative non-gadhafi non-us -- islamic alte
they are no different from assad. in fact they might be better than assad because some of them are religiously motivated to the point that like communism was a religious conviction. their form of islam sometimes puts them at odds with sunnis or shiites killing each other. the double standard that we have been judging russia with embracing our policy on the double standard has caused us great harm, great harm. putin five years ago tried to work out a compromise with us and we turned them down,...
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our adversaries the assad regime remains prior my the economic crisis of assad's own making the abity of the syrian regime to dictate the rms of serious futures weaning. that path is to the challenges the strategic situation today is encouging an attempt done with dipmatic efforts by both the congress and responsible members of the international community a few words about the us approach to mention these goes. these objectives are best achieved by an action plan that includes those elements and first weust carry out a political process and a cease-fire as outlined in the serity council resolution and second we should continue the counterterrorism campaign to preserve the coalition to defeat isys and press for the withdrawal of foreign forces not present in syria before 2011 the united states has developed a broad coalition of like-minded countries to accomplish his plan of actn and separate engagement pressure on ch had come in addition united states government will continue to work together american held hostage detained under those objectives. each of those goals i outlined above r
our adversaries the assad regime remains prior my the economic crisis of assad's own making the abity of the syrian regime to dictate the rms of serious futures weaning. that path is to the challenges the strategic situation today is encouging an attempt done with dipmatic efforts by both the congress and responsible members of the international community a few words about the us approach to mention these goes. these objectives are best achieved by an action plan that includes those elements...
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assad is -- behind assad is russia and the united nation. you don't want to do anything to stop the russian then go to the united nation and bomb him. if i understood it correctly that eventually we are going go and bomb syria the way we are planning. >> i think you raise an important issue. just to bring back we have written it's coming out tomorrow. it's deal with the symptom of the conflict not the cause. as you correctly pointed out. the the root cause of the conflict is the fact that it is syria. one family has been empowered for 44 years presiding over a police state. people rose up he crushed them brutally. the world stood aside and the conflict shifted to a military direction. you have to deal with root causes. i'm skeptical of the process. one of the good things about the process at the core, the key element in the communique is the core of the process has to discuss and resolve around a transition to a post asad syria. a transitional government with executive authority. there's, you know, other element to the that are problematic.
assad is -- behind assad is russia and the united nation. you don't want to do anything to stop the russian then go to the united nation and bomb him. if i understood it correctly that eventually we are going go and bomb syria the way we are planning. >> i think you raise an important issue. just to bring back we have written it's coming out tomorrow. it's deal with the symptom of the conflict not the cause. as you correctly pointed out. the the root cause of the conflict is the fact that...
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the syrian people do not deserve the treatment they are getting from besar al-assad. this resolution is aimed directly at stopping it. thank you. >> mister president. >> senator from connecticut. >> thank you very much, mister president. mister president, i come to the floor to speak briefly about the president's announcement that he will be withdrawing 2000 american troops from syria. let me be clear. i thought this was a bad idea from the start primarily because our presence in syria is not authorized by congress. we have had that debate, but i believe this congress has never authorized the united states military to engage in hostilities against isis. it is
the syrian people do not deserve the treatment they are getting from besar al-assad. this resolution is aimed directly at stopping it. thank you. >> mister president. >> senator from connecticut. >> thank you very much, mister president. mister president, i come to the floor to speak briefly about the president's announcement that he will be withdrawing 2000 american troops from syria. let me be clear. i thought this was a bad idea from the start primarily because our presence...
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assad. i think we all know they are not there to fight islamic state. they do not care about islamic state, nor does iran. they care about shoring up assad. that axis, damascus, tehran, moscow, is perceived in the region as an axis. the more we don't take sides, the more that perception takes hold among the sunni arabs, the considerable minority of the population of that volatile region. the more islamic state can make may out of it -- hay out of it. you i would mention several specific steps we need to take. i would agree with general keen on the importance of establishing a no-fly zone. it has gotten harder now that the russians are there. i would like to see us pursue it. i would imagine this committee is heavily engaged with the administration, looking at its feasibility. it is important politically. signal to sunni arabs in syria and beyond that we stand with butchery of bashar al-assad. as knows a prize moderate sunni resistance groups in syria -- it is no surprise that moderate sunni
assad. i think we all know they are not there to fight islamic state. they do not care about islamic state, nor does iran. they care about shoring up assad. that axis, damascus, tehran, moscow, is perceived in the region as an axis. the more we don't take sides, the more that perception takes hold among the sunni arabs, the considerable minority of the population of that volatile region. the more islamic state can make may out of it -- hay out of it. you i would mention several specific steps...
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that is moving in support of the assad regime against the u.s. back saudi arabia and other interests. what's the role of saudi arabia's rise to isis and have they been part of this jihad that is increasingly being spread globally throughout africa and even in asia now? >> host: bob, we are going to get him to answer the question, how long have you beening there the -- been following in the institute? >> caller: i was dealing with people that were coming and going, communicating back and forth from afghanistan and iraq like some people do from kansas city to chicago on a daily basis >> host: thank you, sir. >> guest: one of the great places to live. what's complicated with this fight, geopolitical blocks are against one another. the fact that you have russians and iranians and saudis and americans on the other side. how do you come up with a new government in syria that would be acceptable to both sides or even have the un resolution for goodness sake which seems to be impossible to do now. you know, there's meetings under way where government are
that is moving in support of the assad regime against the u.s. back saudi arabia and other interests. what's the role of saudi arabia's rise to isis and have they been part of this jihad that is increasingly being spread globally throughout africa and even in asia now? >> host: bob, we are going to get him to answer the question, how long have you beening there the -- been following in the institute? >> caller: i was dealing with people that were coming and going, communicating back...
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wishes to shore up assad's -- which is to shore up assad's forces. by doing that the russians blur the distinction of what opposition groups there are. they have said this. sometimes you just have to listen to what they say. everybody takes up a weapon against a trend government is a terrorist and they're going to kill them. so there's something about what they're doing that makes it i think a clear, at least short-term strategy that has i think begun to change at least the battlefield. it's not to say that he has won anything yet. it's still hard to know what the in game is and i think that's we get to the question of afghanistan. they poured 100,000 troops into afghanistan and were there for eight or nine years. they haven't done that. putin has ruled out boots on the ground. he wants to exert what he can on the impact again with an air force adenosine to modernize in the last few years and is more effective. though still blunder in our strikes, which is another important factor i think. he's not that concerned about the civilian casualties that mi
wishes to shore up assad's -- which is to shore up assad's forces. by doing that the russians blur the distinction of what opposition groups there are. they have said this. sometimes you just have to listen to what they say. everybody takes up a weapon against a trend government is a terrorist and they're going to kill them. so there's something about what they're doing that makes it i think a clear, at least short-term strategy that has i think begun to change at least the battlefield. it's...
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you are concerned about isolating the assad regime and holding mr. assad accountable? >> senator i think people are very clear on who this is intended intended for and i will tell you the king of jordan is one of the most concerned of our part or is about to prospective collapse in lebanon that he would like to do whatever is possible to mitigate that aspect. >> thank you both. >> thank you. senator cruz. >> thank you senator risch and thank you to our panel for your service and for your testimony piteous of elmo rush's unprovoked attack on ukraine has garnered significant local attention it's critical we sustain our oka son sustainment with russia's meddling commission of human rights abuses that led to massive suffering and widespread displacement. more than 14 million people inside syria are receiving humanitarian aid and 97% of the syrian population lives at the poverty line. i keep pushing for broke bust assistance and shootings. refugees as this conflict on into its 11th year but it's critical leader within our power to maintain cross-border access and to continu
you are concerned about isolating the assad regime and holding mr. assad accountable? >> senator i think people are very clear on who this is intended intended for and i will tell you the king of jordan is one of the most concerned of our part or is about to prospective collapse in lebanon that he would like to do whatever is possible to mitigate that aspect. >> thank you both. >> thank you. senator cruz. >> thank you senator risch and thank you to our panel for your...
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holding bashar al-assad accountable? >> i think people are very clear who this is intended for and i will tell you the kingdom jordan is one of the most concerned of our partners about the prospect of collapse in lebanon and he would like to do whatever is possible to mitigate that process. >> thank you both. >> senator kunz. >> thank you to our panel, both for your service and for your testimony. as we all know, russia's unprovoked attack on ukraine has garnered significant global attention but it is critical that we also sustain our focus on into engagement with syria, a country where russia's engagement exploitation, meddling, commission of human rights abuses have led to massive suffering and widespread displacement, 14 million people inside syria are in need of humanitarian aid and nearly all, 97% of the syrian population lives under the poverty line. says chairman of the appropriations committee responsible for our humanitarian assistance i keep pushing for robust assistance including true syrian refugees and those
holding bashar al-assad accountable? >> i think people are very clear who this is intended for and i will tell you the kingdom jordan is one of the most concerned of our partners about the prospect of collapse in lebanon and he would like to do whatever is possible to mitigate that process. >> thank you both. >> senator kunz. >> thank you to our panel, both for your service and for your testimony. as we all know, russia's unprovoked attack on ukraine has garnered...